Site allows for a teacher to establish 50 free student accounts. Remember you cannot use a child's last name for an account. Students can create online posters. All information is saved on the internet.
Hints: Use ~ symbol to keep more than one word together; the more times the same word is typed the larger the word will appear in the word cloud, to print: use print screen, copy and paste into a word document, or jing
Hints: Use ~ symbol to keep more than one word together; the more times the same word is typed the larger the word will appear in the word cloud, to print: use print screen, copy and paste into a word document, or jing
If cloud is kept within the site, then as the words are scrolled over they zoom in.
Great to retell a specific event or story. Students are limited to characters and amount of text that can be used. No account needed. Work cannot be saved.
Sites to use when teachers are compiling a list of websites to give students (bookmarks, compiling sites, shorten urls):
Set up a free account and one can bookmark sites that is saved on the internet. One can write notes and highlight key information about the site that one might want to to remember later.
Site allows the teacher to type in several urls for a class project. Furly creates one url. When the student types in that one url, he or she navigates from one website to another using page arrows that are added to the top of the page.
Awesome site to compile sites for students to access. Each Blendspace created allows you to access it through a url. This url can be linked on Goggle Classroom or a website for easy access by student. These IDEAS are awesome ways that Blendspace can be utilized in any classroom. Sites to aid in studying:
http://www.studystack.com/ import questions and answers, vocabulary and definitions and various games and worksheets are created
Informative site about technology resources and websites
Used for research:
- Math: great for conversions, answering math problems (does not show HOW the answer was obtained
- creates table to compare data like populations
topics searched give brief factual information. Good for setting prior knowledge.Sites to create a project:
- www.glogster.com
Site allows for a teacher to establish 50 free student accounts. Remember you cannot use a child's last name for an account. Students can create online posters. All information is saved on the internet.- http://prezi.com
Internet based presentation program. Free accounts must be created with an email address.- http://www.wordle.net/ creates word clouds based on a list of words given.
Hints: Use ~ symbol to keep more than one word together; the more times the same word is typed the larger the word will appear in the word cloud, to print: use print screen, copy and paste into a word document, or jing- http://www.tagxedo.com/ creates word clouds based on a list of words given
Hints: Use ~ symbol to keep more than one word together; the more times the same word is typed the larger the word will appear in the word cloud, to print: use print screen, copy and paste into a word document, or jingIf cloud is kept within the site, then as the words are scrolled over they zoom in.
- http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ creates 3 to 5 frame comic strips.
Great to retell a specific event or story. Students are limited to characters and amount of text that can be used. No account needed. Work cannot be saved.Sites to use when teachers are compiling a list of websites to give students (bookmarks, compiling sites, shorten urls):
- http://tinyurl.com/
Site allows you to copy and paste a long url to make it shorter and easier to manage. URLS can sometimes be customized.- www.diigo.com
Set up a free account and one can bookmark sites that is saved on the internet. One can write notes and highlight key information about the site that one might want to to remember later.- http://fur.ly/
Site allows the teacher to type in several urls for a class project. Furly creates one url. When the student types in that one url, he or she navigates from one website to another using page arrows that are added to the top of the page.- Blendspace
Awesome site to compile sites for students to access. Each Blendspace created allows you to access it through a url. This url can be linked on Goggle Classroom or a website for easy access by student. These IDEAS are awesome ways that Blendspace can be utilized in any classroom.Sites to aid in studying:
- http://www.studystack.com/ import questions and answers, vocabulary and definitions and various games and worksheets are created
A free account must be established first.